Who is Who in Interreligious Dialogue
The KAICIID Who is Who in Interreligious Dialogue is an online directory of individuals active and expert in the field of IRD including religious leaders, policymakers, heads of international organizations, teachers, trainers and activists. Search the directory to connect with experts and specialists from every region engaged in a wide variety of initiatives.
DR. EBRAHIM SADRUDDIN PATEL
Founder and President, Interfaith America
Eboo Patel was named by US News & World Report one of America's Best Leaders of 2009. Eboo Patel is the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a Chicago-based organization building the field of interfaith leadership. Author of the books Acts of Faith, which won the Louisville...
AMBASSADOR MUSSIE HAILU
Global Envoy, United Religions Initiative (URI)
URI Representative, African Union and United Nations Office in Nairobi & Geneva
Regional Director, URI Africa
Ambassador Mussie Hailu is a peace and interfaith activist who is working at national, regional and international levels for peace, reconciliation, interfaith harmony, human dignity, environmental protection, compassion for animals, disarmament, the control of the proliferation of small arms and l...
WARWICK HAWKINS
Director, Faith in Society Ltd
Strategy Adviser, Faiths Forum for London
Executive Committee member, World Congress of Faiths
Trustee, St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace
Administrator, Inform (Information Network on Religious Movements)
As a career civil servant, Warwick advised successive British Governments on religious engagement for 18 years. In this role he devised and implemented numerous projects designed to encourage interreligious dialogue and social action. His portfolio also included neighbourhood empowerment through com...
PROF. PRIYANKAR UPADHYAYA
UNESCO Chair Professor for Peace and Intercultural Understanding, Banaras Hindu University
Global Fellow, Peace Research Institute Oslo
Professor Priyankar Upadhyaya is widely regarded as the pioneer of peace studies in India and holds the UNESCO Chair for Peace and Intercultural Understanding at Banaras Hindu University, in addition to over thirty years teaching international relations and peace studies as well as managing the M...
PROF. DR. ASNA HUSIN
Professor, Ar-Raniry State Islamic University
Founder, Peace Education Program, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Senior Researcher, Nonviolence International, Washington DC, USA
Asna Husin is Associate Professor (‘Dosen’) teaching Philosophy of Education and Islamic Civilization at Ar-Raniry State Islamic University at Darussalam in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. She currently serves as senior researcher at the Washington D.C. based NGO Nonviolence International, working on Cul...
IMAM MONAWAR HUSSAIN
Founder, The Oxford Foundation
Member of Consultative Council, Faith and Belief Forum (formerly the Three Faiths Forum)
Imam and Muslim Tutor, Eton College
Advisory Board, Dalai Lama Centre for Compassion
Honorary Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
Executive Committee Member, World Congress of Faiths
Board Member, The Oxford Trust
Monawar studied Theology at the University of Oxford and holds a Master of Arts degree in Abrahamic Religions from the University of London. He also trained as an Imam under the tutelage of the late Sheikh Dr Zaki Badawi KBE at the Muslim College, Ealing, UK. Monawar is the Founder of the Oxford Fou...
SHAMIL IDRISS
Chief Executive Officer, Search for Common Ground
Board Chairman, Soliya
Facilitating inter-religious cooperation on issues of shared concern as a means to deepen trust through collaboration. Utilizing diverse tools and technologies to foster dialogue and cooperation, from traditional in-person roundtable dialogues to social impact entertainment (TV and radio drama and...
DR. IMAM UMER AHMED ILYASI
Chief Imam, All India Imam Organisation
Dr. Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi is the Chief Imam of the All India Imam Organization which is a voice of half a million Imams of India who happens to be the religious and spiritual guide of 210 Million Indian Muslims. AIIO is recognized in that capacity and role both at the national and international lev...
FARHA IMAN
General Secretary, Sarva Dharma Samvaad (All Religions Dialogue)
Farha Iman is a founding member and general secretary of Sarva Dharma Samvaad (SDS).Before SDS, She worked with National Social Watch (NSW) and Campaign Against Child Labour (CACL) as Advocacy and Communications Officer. She has also worked as a researcher for Arigatou International and UNESCO on a ...
JENNY KARTUPELIS
Director, Faith in Society Ltd
Strategy and Development Officer, World Congress of Faiths
Jenny Kartupelis was Director of the East England Faiths Council for 11 years, and a vital member in its establishment. The Council’s main goals were to advocate for faith in civil society, work with local and national governments, and support local interfaith initiatives. Kartupelis has a profess...